Talk:Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom

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Helicopters are neglected here.

Rather than trying to repeat all the CAA rules better to have links to the rules?

Paul Beardsell 11:57, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Age restrictions

Browsing several thousand sites on aviation licensing and so on I have so far managed to deduce that it's near impossible to find out the actual age limit for piloting aircraft in any given country using only the internet. However, I also found hints of an age limit of 17 for aeroplanes (airplanes) and 14/16 for helicopters. Anyhow, I'd like to see this page updated to include the age restrictions at some point or (if it's the case) a note about the lack of age restrictions. If the restrictions are country-specific, either an appropriate table or a link to an article outlining the age restrictions in different countries would be useful.

I'd do this all myself but I have no idea what the age rules are on aviation! Yoda2031 17:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

ICAO will lay down a global standard, but their documents are hard to get hold of. On top of that many countries do deviate from ICAO. In the UK you need to be 16 to go solo, 17 to be a private pilot, 18 for a CPL and 21 for an ATPL. Gliders are an exception as they're not regulated by the CAA. BaseTurnComplete 21:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

It may also be worth noting that, in the UK at least, you can log hours towards your PPL from 14. But can't go solo until 16.